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Ar+h".r Puf» C'^rni't.n. 
of the Man from ifiwland. 



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Troa+ oako ^^i-'^ • t^ + M'= fioo:nr ,p;r<^^^. Fv^r.-y . of na+iir^^ 01100 

■■ in :a)ti(m»}iOwe»er irif iri+.f^Bina.i.j-^reatef; ■•aveG of n^' n, 
wliich inoreasins in their radiup ap +ii«y Ji^^ve oufTard from t,] o 
oent^rr ^i" +;\eir dlp + iirbinc influen'^e^learl +0 reBultP beyond o-.ir 

Ken. 

Tlie LoslPl«turp. of one of our sraalleet Ptatee,Mar^^land,haJ» 
by ±^.f^ vo+M. rf^furnod to the Senate of the imited Ptatpn,uftor an 
abRonco of fivo y.^arR,Artliur Pue aorrian and by bo doin^ h' ?- ru^t 
in notion, not a force of nature, but a politinal force ,whofie end- 
^In'T no -nrin m^^y lc}iow,and wi.inh unlopf* h« har the viPion of a neer 
no ;::an nay predict. 

An old r;hip,!aannp.d by an eag«r,wii line and luPty '-ro- Is 
drifting, a derelict ,ov«r ",« politioal R«as,hftlplenf^ in +he tnr- 
inoil of th« "•av*^G,for .Tank of a navleator to tr-ve +] o holn,PUt 
hnr nor^e into the main and drive her ^^afe into port. Kayhap the 
LosifllatixTrt of iMari'land h'-i.n r'ommiPBioned th«=^ pilot who ^"^ill save 
the ver.f39l anl i+R oar^o.and on Rome nrirp Novf,nber doy '"-'rp :-r 
cafo into dook, battered by th« rtorraP taut -^it) ti;^ flag of victory 
flyinc from the mapth^ad. 

Apart, >i0'-^'ever, from any poPPibilitieB ^he future may loin ''or 
tir.Croman hin paBt -ontainp enoiigh of int^ -ept ,and to Bparo,^-,o 
make ;i f+uly of him one of the moPt intp.T-Hptins and enlish.ten- 







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ins of all men who fill the publio eye of today, 
Han No Prototype. 

He BtandB alone, unexaiopled as a type of publi<^ raf\n,^hioh he , 
and he al''>ne repreflentG. We may delve into +},« punt,"'^! nay Bcan 
f, M pref5ent Init his prototype iR not r«^v«al«tl. T}^ molvd "';'.f< bro!cen 
anotli-^r haR not been oast lanothR?:' ^vill no^ be. all otherB '>7lll be 
iinitntionB. He created himpelf ,and hov/^Jnit him who did the worlt, 
for loolced within the inn«r reoenRes burglar proof , as they are, 
the liidden eeoret will die with tie '•'onfiitnictor,aB none have ever 
been 'vruns, stolen o-"^ (^ajoled from +hiF. diPciple of ^-he Fphynx, 

Artliur Pue f^'Orman ^«r i-.orn on J^^arch l.l,lB?-9,in Howard County 
lid. HiB father' B anoentore came frora Ireland in 1800, HIp r.o + her 
wac of Scotch extraction, hence he ±r. the inheritor of that ^roat 
combination of bloodB which has given tn tho '^orld «o raany of itp 
sreat ,P'^rhapB,it6 greateBt men-Fcotoh-IriPh,and in no one could 
the dominating oharar»t«riBticp of thiB wonderful blendine Bhow 
norc clearly than in hin. 

His fatJier, Peter German, wap a man reputed to have been poBseps- 
ed of rather choleric tamper; circumpcribed in hiP orTK^rphir of 
the good thinsP <^? life and +he pro2;«nitnr of +>t>p<3 ponp, Arthur, 
the elder, v/illiam H.r-ind Calvin, nono of whom o+her i-han Arthur P. 
ever climb'vd above mediocrity. It is paid by thone ^ho kriow that 
attrition "ars responRible for Mr.florman's faraoup puavity of r&n- 
ner,and that contact with the c3:*anite-like inflexibility of liip 
Bire gave hin the poliPh for whir^h he is famed, and that ^o his 
□other he o^v^b tliOPe rudimentp of gontlenftpp and kindneBB which, 



talcin;;; root if'' '»hi.''dhood,'h«vo rov.'n .l.txe th*^ ore«?iil2 ^Ino O'^V'.t 
hin ^hol'? natu.i'e^.'aeQIcVi^i.ns it i-iid raaking i+ noRt 3ova"p3e fo ^hone 
wj.o tCjioi.-7 hij'i l)«Rt. 

It ^HS to IlIp riotlior.'^l'.o''". h?> niio>' r'=>P«T'ib3«!i?,h« "pairt ^Yjat Hf ' 
p«id ^f^ ■ ''=? +} c-^ one pi/no tlon^i.! +rl}rx''"''' of Mr- lt-f«i c>T hPT i<^ Raid, 
nh«n i-\.o:-:in;i+ ►•''I for 'ii« f^^ond '♦•ine oy h.lp par^y oauoiiR ar. ^i'lPsit' 
candiciy.to for Fenator, "All ^■Y8^ I iua anri all ^hi^.t I I:or>'=> +o be 
if5 due to ny noth'^r and tY.^ ppop3^ of KHryiAna." 
A f?elf-M\icatod Man, 

Mr. 'jonaan'r brow ip bound by no viotoriour. from Porw^ lavish 

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Alna Mat^r. Hif; Bduf^a^. .vm "^arif r>n.■5y/f^^10^.^f^!S he no'.iid attain t\^ +he 

publio ftchoolp of Mf! nonnty,a.rd tha+ '-"f^aP'^d at an parly ago. 
He ^».i^ tranpplant*='d from t} e horn« farjn, into '■}l« Oong-Ti^rR 
of the 'Jni*'^d Ptat-^^ ap a paffe;firf;t in *}« Ho^rie and af+.^rrarcl, 
through t^e infl)\enoe of Rtoph'^n /« .Pou^Ihr, to the ^^enate. In^o 
t>iat 3r«at nr>hool,TTliich in t^ioru^ days 'a^ a r«rrer>entati^'e body 
of intelleotna.i (fort^nnir" and politif^al giantr, + }.B f^onntry lad, 
fresh ^ro'Q +lie roent of ^he "'il I flo^vorr. nnd tli^ p(^<>r»tt cf nature, 
vrac thrown. WebC!t.=!r,01ay ,Oalhoim ^vht*'^ his preneptorf' in ti.e prin- 
ciple of RtatornanPhip. Prora ^hiR trio of tl.pf '-orlrt'n ^reateFt 
h'=i abnorb'^d a knowlf^dge of +.h« senate's ■/rndi+i^inB,and rron *.hom 
he dranl<: in, like nother's nillk,a knor^^.ed<:e of oi;r ConRtitution 

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that hac enabled him +o beoome an exp'^Bitor,R«oond to non«, 
of that ::reat r>hart<^r of popular ri^jhtfi. He in hIro Raid +o havo 
been tlie privn.tr* R^rro+ary of Stephen A .Pouslas^and li'-'^'^d upon 
tnrmR of -r-^atoRt intimaoy "^ith hin. 

Fe"f people know that. Senator "^'Orraan h-'R a milita'*y r'^>oord. 
,but Jione tie I-'Rp h« has, for when thft National Capital '-'^af! 



QuaKins in itf sl!oeR,afi +]« r-oimcl of J'ar.ly'p rairierp oime olopwr 
to itfl c/'^tes sVoxvaz '"Tornan ^ap «. j,ie\xtenant of a company of volun- 
teorr,riad'=! up of employee of <:?.•=* (""'Ovr^rnraent, He haw, however, 
never nout^ht a Pension on the strength of that f-«rvioe, baited, hie 
hook with it for the CrranA ADrirry vote or poBert as "tie pian on 
)hor8ebaoK.«' His militan'' pftvif^e nevp.r elf^otftd him Governor of his 
8tate;.lt will never Inni. l.ln in +Ie White Houfle, 
HiR PirRt Appointment. 
When hi8 lanliy linbR proolain«d tlie oorain^ man he burnt from 
hir. chryR-).] ±r of J<.niclcerl.>ooK.'Trp Into the efful^enfe of long panta- 
loons, and the Assistant PostiiHStH-rBhip of tt^ Renate a+ t},e name 
time. TJiiR position he held ivntil a too previous d^fenoe of 
Andre^7 JohnBon,t]ien on trial before the f^enate,tRminated hie 
career. 

Montgome.Ti'' Blair of Maryland, Postmaster 'lenerai under Mr. 

ft, 
Lincoln, na!:e to his reRoue,und on<>e again he ])eoame a sevant of 

the people; thie time as fepiity Collector of Internal Revenue. 
He war onf^^t from t}.iP positif^n into the buoolio oalm of 
pastoral pi^T iti^f, ,and becajie a member of the House of Jjeleciites 
of Maryland from his native Oounty of .Howard in +ha+ r>tate of 
capiont Bublio men,wrieT'e he beoarae tie leader, ijot by virtue of 
hie stren^t/: as an orator, nor a debator,nor by his statennanship, 
but through his laiorrledse of men and politioal manipulation, ac- 
quired by his long experiene** in +he Senate of *](=■. Unite, i Rtates, 
n-raduatin2 easily from a representative of liis state into a Senator 
thereof , and from thenoe into the Presidency of tjie Chesapeake and 
Ohio Canal,. Mr. Cfornian was ripe for new honors. 



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An President of *,],e Oanal he had a'^ hand an InBtnuif^nt for 
srefit T)o.Ti+l'?al po^'^er,^hinh h^ \itili?:©ri (\r, a p+.eppinc n+on« into 
the National B«nat? ov«r fj-.R >iflHcln of William Pinkney Whyte anl 
John Lee Carroll who up to t-hat time had been annointed of the 
people of Maryland in all t);at pavor'^^d of poli+ioal Pan'-»tlty and 

PractioaLly Unknown. 
When he firnt oame to the United Ptat'-^R Penate in 1880, he war. 
but little known beyond the boiuidariftR of idP o'vn Rtate. ?]ven the 
rievrepapers -i^re at a Iosh to find mioh of interest to vrln':- about 
him, Hif5 clilef olaim ^n dlRtinotion BeeraR to have oe^n -hat he 
had been a ball player. It -'lyw. not long however, before he began 
to sift do^n into hie eeat and attract th« uttenticn of his fellow 
RenatorR. 

Pursuins ^-'-e P'^lioy h« ha8 followed t>iyotighout life,iVr..iornan 
began by laaking pergonal friendr, of all hif; oolleasuep froia the 
oonr.equential +o ^Y.e inoonpequen+ial ,irreppeotiye of party, and 
ere lone he oon.id r>lairi all for hiP friendR,frien ip ^-^ho Jiked him, 
friends ^^'r.o '^ould always lend hiia a wiHinj ear,fri(-mdB who would 
zo out of thrtir "ay to perve him. 

Having 08tabliBh'=>d JiinPelf upon t}ie firr. basis of popularity 
and friendship, he ^hp r^-ady to revaal himf«*lf In all xiip natural 
ability and aoqulred equipment asra lf=!adeT.and above aii hp a 
partisan leader. 

Ap a parliamentgi.rtfen ]\e ue^an to inspire -confidence in }^ 
fellow reiiioorats,and reppeet,^hich eventued t'K.fear,in t},e opposi- 
tion, lie beeame th^ voses to +he ohiid.r-en of Ir>rael of ],ip ov/n 
party, and led -^hem so often throu^;}! +he turaii3tuoup pnap of parlia- 



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laentar-;' lifficulty +hu^ +htn'' bejun tn look upon hin kb thejr oniy 
suocor in -t-v.oir T[)onT of np>ed, 

lie dil not +lien fst-Hiicl forth as a -vrf^ator of thoi^ght^an origi- 
nator of policy or a forni'U.lator of +h«orioo of P+atei^raft . ile v/ars 
oontont to Bhoot -he jun ^vhan loorlfri by o + h«rs;to d.ef'^r to men of 
^T^^ator national and par+y Ptandinc. In t?.at "fay he corned hinself 
into ti:e confidence of his party 'vithiont arour.j.n^ +)e Jlea.lour'ieR 
of those who for no Jong had been its leaders, 
Beeame a Leader. 

P'l-on the^e,by eapy wradnations ,I-!r.'loi'nan'~orkHd y±p vay +o 
the leaderphlp of Y\ifi party in t}>e Fenate without .leaving a niffle 
in +he "fat ere through whir»h he had eor.-iO, llic capacity ap an organ- 
izer; l:i8 .r>'KO\iT'^oB cind force n.f^ a ••.ebater;hlB invaluable ab.viity 
as a recon'^^iler of diverno in+er^FtBjPoon brought po riarKel a 
rooogni'; :L">n of ] ir natural and acquiD^ed merits a^; a partif'an c 
chieftain +hH+ ^he old lead'vrr. fell back for }iin +o step for- 
"^ard. 

tlln claii to +iie na+ftcmal lead*='rahlp of > i r. imrty nay pey- 
hapfj be rmid +0 liave -leveloped its ^mb.'^^o at ^\f^ tine of the 
suocesHful Cleveland carapaign.That campaign opened the eyer, 
of the people a-" large of bo + h partien to the fact +hat a p.fivr 
r^ichraond "'af. i?i '■h^ field; *-}at a j-;an,^ho knew fron Alpha to 
Omega ^he Xn^s «nd o\i+.n of Presidential conpaigning ^var;,in ♦•he 
future to be reckoned with. T}\ey saw *hat +bfl old dayn of heno- 
cratic ;':iBt.'Ake^,i;iok of organisation and inaction were over^-*» 
mii3 takes and disruption wMoh ^Y.e TJepublloan leadern al"'ayB 
co\intel upon and never in vain, for under the old order of tl ingB 
they rrr-.ve inevitable. A new leader r^r<.n riding +he henocratic 



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donkey ; or.f^ '^it.h +.} « fiy.^s of an «a.^jl«;a voico anr". nM.nner ar; f^e- 
duo^iv^ Hf. t.};o plren'r> Rong.a H«at ap iiinovaMR ap Centaur's, 
and ^eel8 tipped vriffi Rtenl aP Kaon ar. +he nt^ftdl^'n pr^rlnt. 
JJo 'inr« balKi^^c; no motr ba'-'Xlncno raore :'..io.-:i?ii;,no :nor(^ ':HXi,Ti2 
th"^ bit In itf! hardonf^d month and a' ay f<^T *Y:s.t Mptorio ani- 
'.itil. ItB niaRter,a. oonewniaate horPeraan,^'7Hr. on Ltp back,f\nd tlM^r« 
'■'ac no my bnt forward, 

^ Fleot«d the p:Iow Horse. 

After f!\ioo'?eBivo d*?f«atp for a nnarter of a oentu.ry Kr.i'Oman 
lifted hifi party out tiio f5loni;hf? of Peernin^ly never enlinc 
diRoo'-ifitnreR and elopted to tjM Pre»ifi«»noy a nan( hardly ncnoT^n 
beyond t]io l-.nep of hip Ptate ap againpt one of *he noPt 
brilliant 'uid rna^netio ntatepitpri t)iip fountTy Aac ever pro- 
duood. A plov^ horr.e "'itr m loo^ey up !..eat the tljoroughbred 
ridden by a butcher' p boy. Not until aftRr t},,^ pnok'^' of t:.e 
ba^Vl-* ivid '•'Iwar^d a'^-ay •■"«>?; it Known tj-,at the blow had b'^^en 
dealt by the hand in tjie velvet clove, 

Mr.'Torraan' p reputation wap t>!UB eptabllRhed ap an organl- 
znT and rnanas^r.but there wap ^ret to develop aiiothMT- phase 
of poli^ioM.i versatility and po^'^er, .He v/a" witliout a phadovr 
of a do'ibt the Hi^h Lord F.xeoutioner of Mr.Lodse'o Federal 
elect if.n iftw ,t] ^t, parjtlpan meapur*^^ ooranonly and more general- 
ly icnoTTn ap the foroe bill. Leading what ^-^ap probably the 
nost desperately fou^iht politioal oontept Pinne ante bellura 
day c^ fir. Oo man •:lerjonpt rated hiP potoney to i-i-^picorjH a Pepubli- 
can r.aiority In tVf=. Senate wlth.out nie baokin.c: of an ui);liviaea 
minority. 



His oalii and ndrolt enersy,hi8 rePourAefianepp,hiR naPtRT^/ of 
men, stood h±n in bfi+tor nt^ad t}\an «vftr bRfo.re,an'1. olri'^e +Me 
may be Fall to be his orowninc triiiiaph,it xinqueBtionably demon- 
strated hlB '■'lalra +0 stand ap the mont Bagaolo\is,finlRhed and 
courageous par*y .Iwadftr' of hlB time, ^rom Mion until he -'ont 
dorm in defeat ,Bwallowed up by that political octopus, free 
silver, Mr. fTorman was "facile prinoepe" the Coryphnus of the 
rornocra"-. ic party. 

A glance at( for no man ever peered within )Ruch a man 
is ^"Torthy of a moment. Phypioally h.b well as characteriRtically 
and temperan«ntally he is an attrartivf? ptudy. 

4"oout five feet nine or ten inches in hei£:ht,his ereot and 
T7ell proportioned flgnir^ fills the fty^ plea8inr^]y and as bein-3 
that of a man who in hiR young-^r dayn had oeen an athlete. A head 
of grey /-.air f^um'^unts a face on'^e seen ney^r to be forgotten. 
A Roman none, shading a mout]i of chiseled lipR,firra In av^.w 
line, augments +1ia appearan'-^B of mantf^ry suyaested in his nouare 
Jaw, marksman's eye and broad forehead. A smootlily shaven fa.ce 
thro'VG into relief his clearly cut features and gives a first 
impression of clerical predisposition. X"i '^onvnrsation a not of 
even,'rhite teeth ilisniose und^^r i is lips, and ar^ Dnaoonr. of a 
smile v;h«n he so nhoose6,aB winsomo as ever wodd a vote out 
of a man's 'Conscience. His JiandshaJce ir. a r'='ve.iati(n\ to t)e un- 
initiated, and '^'ith his F.-iiie has won iaii rto.ce vo^:e8 *han his 
brainc :ind f.^agaf^ity. It is paid i;i many parts of Maryland that 
no man ever left ]^r . •'•'O rman ' s smile and handshake to vote against 
him. In ropooe his fac« is austere and cold, and at fir8+ sight 



unapproachable, but futher conteiopTa+ion devRlops linef? which 
diopel thone +?iat forbid. Th«r is at noR+ tinf^R an exprRGB.ion of 
melanol.'Oly iii hiR.+ha+ wou-TcI suggest +hat he In a romantiolPt, 
instead of the Keen, alert, enthupiaBtio jnoraion-renped, adamantine 
politician that he iB. 

Crorman in Private Life. 

He in a nan of Kindly dippo8i+ion in all no'^iai r«lationB. 
In liie doineFtie life he ip "panB pe\iy,pan8 T'eproohe"-a model 
husband, the tenderest of fatherB and the most fai+hfixl and de- 
voted of brothers. Of r-^ligion he ri«ldon prateB-tlieTrolaen 
R'ale"f;eemjj to be hiB ar+iole of belief. Temporite hr an Hn<-!horite 
he leadn a life f-.p fsiriple ac a child's. He ip a Ptiuient ,V;'t 
reado deeply of blue booKo,and chiefly the "^orKB of En-iliBh 
and American ora+orp and ntateBiien. Hintory and Buch plilld- 
aopliy ap has ta-^^en enacted into lav.'B ar« the only "dear i^cid 
things confined upnji an 1 ibrai"/ »helf"(ap RoBfletti oallp ^/i^m) 
^7hioh i-^lain hin leiBure and idle hours. In ti.e cvirren+ literature 
of tl.o lay he l:ee;iB }.imflelf tlLorou2)ily ,not saperficially ,irifon*- 
ed,arrl conv-irpe'-. r;i+.h an apprecia+ I'n of itr. nioetiep +}.at will 
antound one w}io Be«B in him on]y }.« irap<=>rturb a !'>!'=' p + atenman. 

In ppLt--^ of hiP li'iit«d npportunitieB for «duf^a+i"n i<^ h>:B 
in the cchool of praotioal exp'=^rience,from v'o\ith upv/ard +o +he 
pre.sent ti:';e,}:ad '^hancep to gain a Knowledge p«oond to none 
in national jae+hiOdP !.'.nd hiBtor^- of leg iPl at ion, by ai.Bocia' i^>n 
^7ith +h« 'nopt eminent of public m«n and by a personal obf:erbation 
in tlie Jii^^heBt Ptato and national oouncilfl i jiat have bo dipoi- 
pled hiB native ciftB for Government adrainistra+ifin ap ^o :-,iKe 
him one of tJie be^^t informed, moBt comi^letftly equipped and prao- 



tioHl of Btat^f-.raen. A nnurtly ,alnor,t diffnTuntial nannrtr.r.Ronnd- 
ed by a voice ^vjioh in +h« Bwe«tn«pp of 1+fl •"•adenoe lnvi+-«r: 
your confidence nnd ^'^armp your h^ar^- +oward the man vrho,ymi ape 
led t,o ]je1.ieve,tHK«r! not only a p«rBonal, i \i+ nn antive int-^.reBt 
in your affairs. One leHv«B him not only wi+h a high regard 
for Mr.Oorman,b\i+. with a Ptill 2:r«at'^r one for one'r. self, lie 
leadn you when you thinK he if. following. He mxgg^PtB for you 
to appropriate. Hifi enuilatwral blandneps and terap'^raiiental 
adaptability are unr!urpaB8«d,are unmirpaBsable, 
Wins By KarnePtn'^Bfi, 

Tlie follo'"«r of Chiriot vnigh+ olaira +hat Nr.C'Orraan' s potency 
in lealing ^-^ith } ie fellow-rnan In di'.e to hypnotic influence, 
but the laan of oonHervative thought and obr.e^va^•ion win rolve 
the raycteri'- as lying con^^'^^alf^d in +he pure private life of the 
sphynx-liXe Senator a d t}i« a^'^^ndenoy of iiiP perBonality, through 
•■h^e raediura of itB earnenrneoB^^hen i+ oom^^B into contact "?i+h 
that of others. 

An eagle' B eye^a Mirabeau-like brow, a Moii.th '"i^h ^-h*^ r»old 
lines tha+ marX^d the raighty Richelieu Bugg«BtB to +he observer 
a Bubtle senBe of Napoleonism,and beneath his Buave Bnile liee 
in "^mit Rone+.i-.lng tha<-. inPinuateB the unconquerable nanner of 
the Oorfiician. The epileptic inpa+i9n<^e haB,hoT7ever,no part in 
tliiG '^ell roiuided nan's Make up. Nev^^r anyt}.ing bu+ calm, .self- 
contained in evnry linute of );iF. life, he iB not a follower of 
chcnoe,b\it iB guided by his unerring inPtinctB, which Been al- ~^ 



ways to I'.^ad to BuooeBP,b« they Rprung from h.^itd or heart. 






opportuii.iet ^hat 1 *=» iP,he ^orkP tf^ *,y\^ t ?.n« of Lord Byron' n 
advioe as tn oirnuraBtanoeB,wh«n he r-aid +ha+. +hey Phould be 
na le "^1;^ Biv.>r+ of nian,ra+h«r than man Rhould be made +he pport 
of oiroiiraBtanoB? 

In an ar<?na vrhnr-A oourace and pettl'^d belief are but neldoni 
met, public life, he hap 'lRnionBtrat*^d leonine ooura^o and indomi- 
table GteadfaBtn-^'PS. Thi^ough these forceful neoep.pHtieR for a 
sucoeBRful leader he hi\H been enabled *o dorainate t}ie irreRo- 
lute of }iin noinpajiionB , who r.tand in f«ar and trembling, ap each 
echo of public opini''m ifl borne to +]'.^ir ^arp. Mr.v'orman ip 
fearful of t^<»ae thin2P,and leapt of all public opinion. He is 
its ;'i'!.stHr,not 1^:8 Plave, Its ^'^himp and fajiciep do not disturb 
his ^7ell balanced equanimity. LiK.o hiP Kxoel.Tency *^he Secretary 
of State's Kipcippippi hero, t-he lamented Jim PludPoe, "he peen 
Lie luty a jiead pure thing, and )'.e went for it +har and then." 
In pviblic quest ione he haP alwnyp pn objective, for that he 
hoadp Clamor, fault finding and al '..bb f^annot turn him until he 
r'='acheo the point for which he Ptarts, 
Never Forgets a Friend. 

Hin Gtanchnope and f(gd|jfi.ity in perponal and politir'al friond- 
shipB are proverbial. If one hap r erved Mr. (Gorman that one -.^iil 
be in time nerved. If one hap fought Mr.i^orman's battle, juBt bo 
Bure ap t>.at battle hap been won hae the reward peen meted out. 
Ingratitude to him is an imknown and detestable quality. Fhould 
the T'louse knavr apun ^r the mephep of thip lion that noupe 'viH 
feed on national, Ptate or civic cheepe until hiP dying day. In 



In i:is native r.tata the "oTcI guard" Iihr rHlliocl and if? ntill 
rally in:: to th^ nlosan of battle, v/Mr.h ■■■inu heard by moot nf +heiti 
r.any yearn '130. 'lievt 8oldi*?rf< nay enllBt iind«-^r Mr; tjann'^rs^but 
the old ne.v.^r desert, and diffif^ult would b^ +hP! taoK +0 find 
one nho liaB not had his reward. 

Ad a ijublic sp^ttXer Hr.'rorma)i in no+ the eloquent finishnd 
orator of the Vvebf;ter,Clay or Blaine ftnhool. He r^r^ornB Reethins 
oratory. In hir. efforts he aiian to hi+ the bull'P eye. Hi.*? lan- 
guage iR not the srereotyped phraseo.logy of f^on'^^en^ ion. It is 
his own, H'=* doeP not uf-e it aooordinj to th« hard and fast rules 
of rhotorio. it doep not flow fro;-i his lipR like ni.VK and honey. 
Hie oenten'^es orackle like the rapid fire of a Gat.i inc f:un. 
He doer> no^- attemt to perpuade yo\i;he pixmt='1b your antasonisra 
out of e;<iPtonoe,and taking you by +hR throat rams 1 iB oonviotions 
into you, Tj-.^re is a lack of pc'linh and rhy+hn in hir. pentenoen, 
but hifi ar:ju2aentn are ntron^j^iiigeed and ^7«11 planed, drensed as 
thoy are in their plain, though earnep+ carb. The deflideratum of 
public and parliarv.^ntari'' ppeaking 1.*"'- offeotiveneBB. That Hr. 
Gronaan )iap to a degree, as Rho^n i n •'•he more partloularly in -tihe 
debates on +.}i« Vvileon tariff comproraiRe and ^le foroe bill. 
To Kun up, he iR a /speaker of aggroRRiveneBrj ,foroft and olnarner>r. , 
accentuated by a voice of difttinotn^^Rs and extraordinary metal- 
lic re Bo nananc e . 

A Dangorous Opponent. 

I nparl lament ary law a paR-i naRterja cool,Ruoelnot deba-^sr; 
davjitlefis a2id y'i+ politic; oonbining conRldera'^lon "'ith acgroR- 
BlveneB8,8B tli-^ leraand .'■lay be; a student who han Rounded eY«ry 



depth of th^ I'^^iolativ*^ r>«af?; poRseRRnri of an equipoiBo of 
tonper and a thorough comiaand over MmB«lf und'^r evp.-ry urgency; 
a rfif'OiiroRfu.l.i.fir.R and ^.af^tinal r-'adln-^f-^f-; ;'..T.qoPt an of inr.pira- 
t.inn,iiH in about as dan^^rour. a man acHinet W' on fo break a 
lance as the publi''' liPtR oam contain. 

Poroefu.l aj3 Mr.f~''orman raay be on ^].>^ floor,!* in i]^ *).e cloak 
roon that l.in best work ifi done. Thf^r^ hlR itiaB+Hr-y of la^n is 
nore effective iii the personal ■••ontact *han in the open argu- 
ment. Matthew .H.Carpent^^r on'"^R naid of him on an occarion ^"hen 
Mr. 'forroan '''anted ^^ I'^ad hlP- oollRagUHS that "he I'^u'lf-t un like 
a little child." 

Apparent as ±p thiB influen'^e no one I'J'.p e.v,^rr solved ^he 
riddle of his succ«sr. To }-.im the huraan heart is an instrunent, 
whose feelings laust r«spond +o the touch of t),e naster h<Uid 
an I t];e luunan brain only a TQHc>:ine ^o do •'■}ie bohertg of a po'7,->r 
loekel up l'\ '-'lie. unseen pr*t>cincts of the iiuaan soul, He uses 
men as '*:he painter uses his colors, briJiginc out by ^ieir li^^hts 
and chaSows th^e results }\e .lesires; ar- the sculptor uses his 
cldsel upon t].<» iaarble,f ro.a whose fro.^en lieart he oarvRS the 
images ^i;at are tn nake hi/Q iroinortal. Of ii«n he raak*^s a plas- 
tic ti.inj to express >i.is individuality. Hen'>e into +]« overtures 
of all national enactrnents ]o pours the soleirm tones of tlv* 
unseen but ev-'r present s«oond violin. 
The Party Above All. 

Above all,Mr.Crorraan is a partisan. It has hvhv been "'1th 
hin-his party , first , last and all the tiiao; liis party ^rl^^ht or 
wrong. Wiien lie coiild not l^ad )ie followed it ,even to his own 
defeat. In his politioal Jiistory he has nev<>r su3.ked,but ^''hen 



nei-of>cary hnr. Inid anirt« Mb p^rpona.i nonvln+ionB,hameF!B^cl on 
hlR anor M.nl loapod In+o *]\P' ^hir^X'^-Bt of *]\p) fray. Whenever 
th'^re has D'^en a fight )« hnf? been out on +he firins line. 
Hio par+.y iB hiB king, and hiP Xing '^an do no wrong, Ab ohlaftain 
or private hif etron;: urn has ovrt been at hiB party 'b BHrvioe. 

Ho iB never Tvhipped. Today t)i« fortunep of war nay go againBt 
him, but to-morrow win find him renewing +hM figJit.and if Ptrong 
enough giving back blow for blow, if too WR^k for a Btand up "^ight 
he '"ill r-e found hinging on +?e flankp, harrying thn line of trans- 
port or out ting out r-.tra2gleri5,ewer vigilant , ever ready +o deliv- 
er a r^vn'.pi '.v}jir>h will turn BeHnlng defeat into vir-tory. "jW pol- 
itical party that whipB t}.e Bf^nator-elect ij:o^', >-iaryland today 
mu3t Bl«ep on itB armR tonigJit. At any +i.'-e the attaok might oome, 
and '-"one it ^ill,and n*^ iian may Know froM whenoe. It '"i.il rie nud- 
den, It "'111 OS fierce, it will v,« driven home. Of all >ihingB ho 
hat-^B H nuitt»:jr. Rucl; iiav^ no place in th^ rankB of his cohorts. 
The befit ill\if,tration of J4r.i'ror.'-ian' b perneveranoe in a fight iB 
liiB returning hinself to the Swn.nte aftn^r he h-^d b-^^en beaten, 
with hiia.solf ac the iBsue. He '^a« b«aten onoe,and tj.e* again, but 
he v/ould not otay beaten, tiih Btate thfit luid repudiatod hin by 
upi'ard of >30,000 na-jority for th'=^ oppoBitinn party, h.i.F Beleoted 
him at +}.e ' '^BSinn of its JkegiPlatiire luBt adjourned to be one 
of its RenatorB in the National OongreBB, Tj.w hiBtoj.y of t).^ Senate 
nill Khovr but ffv-'j nen ^•>io aftur an abBenoe froi-i its halls have 
return'^d re-elected and triurap]iant. 

Keeps HiB ov^n Oo\mBel. 
Perhapn oui cf the laort striking attributes of Mr.rvoman' b buo- 



c'^sn ±B ].ln ability to Keep hiB o-n oonnBel. HiR left hand Knovr- 
nti: not -'That } i'^ riji * hnnd doeth. LooKed -a thin the srin oita- 
iel of hiF "••ond«rfia ta(>iturnity ,and ^uhdM^.I by tie falent oen- 
tinels of >ii8 PUBPioion nnd r.plf- reliance, ^}.e Key -^onoealed be- 
i.ind the la.-iSK of i.iP inp^r^urbaltei] ity ,>.iR noinmuninsB and r.eorets 
aro r,afe ^-^oia the ^ye nnd ^aj. of a.ll. He <>^.nnni. i;« oajol.^.ljhe 
cannot be Rtartled into adniBf^i.^n of au3h+. he woxuld have unXno'^n. 
Oalri and deliberate, + he nirr^ulaMon of hiB ulood reppondr. to a 

neve3>-varyins pulsation. 

NO nan in pub.lio life haR pprhaps be«n mor*^ oonsiBtently 
and oonBoientinusly abuB«d than Mr.''^^0 7Tian.^^;^^Bjn^enn^h:.. brousht 
him many eneiaier.,a8 this i« an envioxxR v.rorld,politioHl ride of it. 
}.iany ntars ^ould have held th'=« Bane oouroe ar> hie, but in th^^ P(»li- 
tioal Hf. well aR the aPtmioji'-al law no +w '-an hold th-^ ^ ane; 
one haR to drop from the firman-nt. That one h^R ba«n ) iR oppo- 
nent. A fftrons raan ir. penhaps b«tt-- Xnown by *he nujnber of his 
enenier +han oy nvinborouRn'^RR of /;iR friendr,and if tl.at la^ holds 
sood Mr.aoman iR a ^ivio HernuleB. 

Will He Be PreBident. 
It hap Ions been a mooted nueRtion whether or not I'.r.'.vornan 
hac had President ial ambi+innP. Many wr.o l -ive a thoTor.::h Kno-,^1- 
edge'of hir, oourBe of politioal antion,and nho havo vno^ hin 
.veil and r^ioRely,do not think ro. It i^iay be l>e ^on?d prefer to oe 
the povror behind t}\« throne. A Kin^ inaXer,a7id not a Kinc 

What hie third elRo+ion +o +l>e Senate, after an abRenoe of 
five yearR,.'aay raean,f>an be foretold by no nan. 



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As Hviroly as -'hb CagMos+ro ,}io If a fntallfit and h beJ.iover in 
foreordination of ^roat things. He, like his pro+ypo, + l'.e f^ront 
CorBioan,han a star of doptiny upon whiflh he waits; a Btar that 
-atohad over hiP birth and whinh haR raiRod him frtfm <-he loweBt 
runs of ■'■'^'^ -ladder +o be Aheng the forenoPt of hiP day^wiiich h.as 
gnarled }.i!n tferou^h tlie Riaoke of many battler. +o victory and re- 
vfard,and '^hich may yet beoKon him ^ith itB glintinc: rays before 
itE f>etr. i'orevor,to +hat perihelion of nivioi and national -:rf 
ner.R-the PreBidenoy of +.i\o oountry }ie IdfveR ro "'•p*ll,anvd of '"'jiioh 
ho iB a roprer.ontative and patriotic son. 

J.Tf.Pearre. 

Pron The Oin'^innatl Unonirpi*, 
A pr.il ♦■'^'7, J 90?^. 



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